Kenton is an established boys' name that peaked in 2014 and has grown less common since.
Kenton is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,758 for boy births in the United States (and #3,755 across all names), given to 92 babies. Kenton first appears in 1912 and peaked in 2014 (188 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | 92 | #1,758 |
| 2024 | 70 | 70 | #2,124 |
| 2023 | 75 | 75 | #2,021 |
| 2022 | 96 | 96 | #1,741 |
| 2021 | 96 | 96 | #1,704 |
| 2020 | 115 | 115 | #1,483 |
| 2019 | 126 | 126 | #1,403 |
| 2018 | 128 | 128 | #1,378 |
| 2017 | 137 | 137 | #1,320 |
| 2016 | 159 | 159 | #1,196 |
| 2015 | 182 | 182 | #1,081 |
| 2014 | 188 | 188 | #1,056 |
| 2013 | 163 | 163 | #1,116 |
| 2012 | 163 | 163 | #1,126 |
| 2011 | 136 | 136 | #1,270 |
| 2010 | 111 | 111 | #1,478 |
| 2009 | 152 | 152 | #1,187 |
| 2008 | 136 | 136 | #1,280 |
| 2007 | 125 | 125 | #1,345 |
| 2006 | 139 | 139 | #1,210 |
| 2005 | 122 | 122 | #1,275 |
| 2004 | 131 | 131 | #1,187 |
| 2003 | 133 | 133 | #1,138 |
| 2002 | 109 | 109 | #1,248 |
| 2001 | 114 | 114 | #1,195 |
| 2000 | 142 | 142 | #1,031 |
| 1999 | 132 | 132 | #1,048 |
| 1998 | 142 | 142 | #974 |
| 1997 | 145 | — | #935 |
| 1996 | 139 | — | #939 |
| 1995 | 156 | — | #875 |
| 1994 | 140 | — | #931 |
| 1993 | 133 | — | #934 |
| 1992 | 134 | — | #916 |
| 1991 | 152 | — | #842 |
| 1990 | 139 | — | #869 |
| 1989 | 150 | — | #809 |
| 1988 | 144 | — | #792 |
| 1987 | 147 | — | #754 |
| 1986 | 148 | — | #748 |
| 1985 | 136 | — | #761 |
| 1984 | 166 | — | #675 |
| 1983 | 146 | — | #710 |
| 1982 | 125 | — | #789 |
| 1981 | 110 | — | #840 |
| 1980 | 121 | — | #797 |
| 1979 | 98 | — | #885 |
| 1978 | 100 | — | #863 |
| 1977 | 93 | — | #877 |
| 1976 | 82 | — | #927 |
| 1975 | 91 | — | #871 |
| 1974 | 88 | — | #854 |
| 1973 | 85 | — | #863 |
| 1972 | 83 | — | #885 |
| 1971 | 116 | — | #763 |
| 1970 | 98 | — | #820 |
| 1969 | 111 | — | #744 |
| 1968 | 122 | — | #682 |
| 1967 | 121 | — | #679 |
| 1966 | 115 | — | #692 |
| 1965 | 129 | — | #654 |
| 1964 | 151 | — | #634 |
| 1963 | 174 | — | #597 |
| 1962 | 153 | — | #627 |
| 1961 | 136 | — | #669 |
| 1960 | 157 | — | #622 |
| 1959 | 157 | — | #618 |
| 1958 | 174 | — | #587 |
| 1957 | 150 | — | #625 |
| 1956 | 151 | — | #620 |
| 1955 | 145 | — | #617 |
| 1954 | 156 | — | #591 |
| 1953 | 124 | — | #640 |
| 1952 | 122 | — | #635 |
| 1951 | 133 | — | #612 |
| 1950 | 98 | — | #692 |
| 1949 | 97 | — | #694 |
| 1948 | 81 | — | #755 |
| 1947 | 91 | — | #720 |
| 1946 | 90 | — | #683 |
| 1945 | 59 | — | #814 |
| 1944 | 67 | — | #766 |
| 1943 | 69 | — | #791 |
| 1942 | 48 | — | #963 |
| 1941 | 44 | — | #966 |
| 1940 | 35 | — | #1,116 |
| 1939 | 46 | — | #921 |
| 1938 | 33 | — | #1,139 |
| 1937 | 45 | — | #938 |
| 1936 | 42 | — | #961 |
| 1935 | 41 | — | #1,001 |
| 1934 | 30 | — | #1,230 |
| 1933 | 38 | — | #1,063 |
| 1932 | 41 | — | #1,044 |
| 1931 | 47 | — | #968 |
| 1930 | 18 | — | #1,784 |
| 1929 | 24 | — | #1,504 |
| 1928 | 30 | — | #1,344 |
| 1927 | 22 | — | #1,672 |
| 1926 | 15 | — | #2,136 |
| 1925 | 32 | — | #1,292 |
| 1924 | 24 | — | #1,602 |
| 1923 | 16 | — | #2,075 |
| 1922 | 28 | — | #1,421 |
| 1921 | 26 | — | #1,492 |
| 1920 | 22 | — | #1,667 |
| 1919 | 24 | — | #1,510 |
| 1918 | 22 | — | #1,631 |
| 1917 | 15 | — | #2,045 |
| 1916 | 14 | — | #2,097 |
| 1915 | 15 | — | #1,929 |
| 1914 | 12 | — | #1,915 |
| 1913 | 11 | — | #1,745 |
| 1912 | 8 | — | #1,968 |